(n.) A plant, and its flower, of the ranunculaceous genus Paeonia. Of the four or five species, one is a shrub; the rest are perennial herbs with showy flowers, often double in cultivation.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data suggested that hoelen or peony root has a luteotropic effect but that atractylodes lanceae rhizome develops luteolysis.
(2) Shuttles bused groups of mourners to take turns walking quietly in a circle around the casket covered in white roses and peonies – Nancy Reagan’s favorite flower.
(3) These findings suggested that the anticonvulsant action of peony roots is due primarily to albiflorin and the gallotannin fraction.
(5) The epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor-associated protein tyrosine kinase activity has been suggested to play important roles in the EGF-enhanced, clathrin-coated pit-mediated receptor internalization (W. S. Chen, C. S. Lazar, M. Peonie, R. Y. Tsien, G. N. Gill, and M. G. Rosenfeld, 1987, Nature 328, 820-823) but the kinase substrate important for this process has not been identified.
(6) This method can be used for grading white peony root and fufang baishao Tablets.
(7) The water extract of peony roots, albiflorin and pentagalloylglucose given orally completely inhibited the EEG power spectrum changes as well as the extracellular calcium and potassium concentration changes related to seizure activity.
(8) So good to see the degrade and the peony prints being revisited as codes of the house should.
(9) The printed dresses at Peter Pilotto, the peony-print coat dresses at Jonathan Saunders, and the black lace sheathed silks at Erdem all reminded me of the cheongsams from In The Mood For Love .
(10) The compound prescription and its component drugs, except the peony root, possessed significant antispastic effect.
(11) Four kinds of experiments were performed: direct chemical reaction (1) between peony root extract and B [a]p, and (2) between peony root extract and active metabolite(s) of B [a]p, (3) inhibition of metabolic processes of B[a]p with S9 mix, and (4) inhibition of activation on mutagenicity.
(12) In males, the treatment with tree-peony resulted in a significant decline in food intake and of the Lee index, an index of obesity, and an increase in glucose tolerance.
(13) A few seasons ago, London fashion was all about a hi-tech print; now it's all about a peony or a lily or an orchid.
(14) Hoelen, Peony root, Alisma rhizome and Japanese angelica root also augmented progesterone.
(15) Antiproliferative effects of the Japanese-Sino medicine Shimotsu-to (a combined prescription of cnidium rhizome, angelica root, peony root and rehmannia root) were investigated in the primary culture of smooth muscle cells (SMC) of mouse aorta.
(16) The inhibitory effects of peony root extract on the mutagenicity of benzo[a]pyrene (B [a]p) have been investigated in the Salmonella typhimurium reversion test.
(17) Extracts from five other herbs, such as Japanese anglica root (Toki), Peony root (Shakuyaku), Moutan bark (Botanpi), Glycyrrhiza (Kanzo), Bupleurum (Saiko), affected neither the contraction nor the heart rates.
(18) Hoelen + poeny root + Japanese angelica root, hoelen + peony root, hoelen + Japanese angelica root or peony root + Japanese angelica root decreased the IGF-1 level.
(19) The second – a peony on my shoulder – was done in Mexico.
(20) Methods of extraction and detection of ascorbic acid, ergot alkaloids, cotarnine, microfollin, tinctures of marigold, peony, sage-brush, iodine, benzestrol, pachycarpine, hexestrol, folliculin, quinine, ethoxydiaminoacridine lactate were developed.
Pony
Definition:
(n.) A small horse.
(n.) Twenty-five pounds sterling.
(n.) A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
(n.) A small glass of beer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The compromised ice sheet tilts and he sinks into the Arctic Sea on the back of his faltering white Icelandic pony.
(2) "We see him driving around, but he keeps to himself and we're quite close neighbours," said Libbi Darroch, as she groomed her 7-year-old showjumper Muffy at the Coatesville pony club.
(3) In a further study, three ponies treated on separate occasions with lincomycin, administered orally, died or were destroyed 67 to 72 h after initial treatment.
(4) Principal ponies had a history of heaves, a disease characterized by recurrent airway obstruction.
(5) Nine Przewalski's horse embryos were transferred surgically, and 2 non-surgically, to domestic Welsh-type pony mares.
(6) The erythrogram (erythrocyte histogram) and red cell distribution width (RDW) were evaluated in 5 purebred horses and 1 pony of mixed breeding with experimentally induced anemia.
(7) Pulmonary function measurements were made in control ponies and in ponies with recurrent obstructive pulmonary disease (principals) during clinical remission and during an attack of acute airway obstruction.
(8) The Campbell family has been breeding ponies in Glenshiel for more than 100 years and now runs a small pony trekking centre offering one-hour treks along the pebbly shores of Loch Duich and through the Ratagan forest as well as all-day trail rides up into the hills for the more adventurous.
(9) However, large colon resection was associated with hypophosphatemia in three of the six ponies and produced an overall significantly lower phosphate concentration in the experimental ponies.
(10) A pony-tailed local businessman, Hall rose to prominence during the referendum campaign when he used a reconditioned Green Goddess fire engine to distribute pro-independence literature.
(11) A critical trial was performed with five ponies 6-9 months of age and raised on a horse farm with demonstrated benzimidazole-resistant cyathostomes.
(12) A second group of 5 ponies was fed a ration at varying rates containing 8 ppm FB1 for 180 days.
(13) Significantly (P less than 0.02) higher mean total numbers of P equorum were found in the small intestinal contents of the controls on day 14 (51) and on day 35 (21) than in the ivermectin-treated ponies on days 14 (0) and 35 (3).
(14) The prevalence of Anoplocephala perfoliata in 103 horses and ponies from Clwyd, Powys and the adjacent English marches, slaughtered during January 1987, was 69 per cent.
(15) The hindlimbs of 3 ponies and 3 horses were dissected.
(16) The results were compared to two control ponies and four others infected by accidental transmission.
(17) Further evidence that reinnervation occurred in the larynges of these ponies was determined in microscopic sections of the recurrent laryngeal nerves and muscles, which showed regenerative activity and muscle fiber-type grouping, respectively.
(18) Larvae of D arnfieldi were found in fecal samples of 112 (2%) of 5,379 horses on the 90 farms of which 38% had greater than or equal to 1 infected animal; none of 19 ponies examined was infected.
(19) A paste formulation containing 14.3 per cent of oxibendazole and 44 per cent of trichlorfon was administered to 33 ponies and horses.
(20) Ponies given PBZ and prostaglandin E2 remained clinically healthy and did not develop hypoproteinemia or mucosal atrophy.